Cascade Cycling Classic
competitive multi-stage bicycle road race, held every July in Bend, Oregon
The Cascade Cycling Classic was the longest running elite road bicycle racing stage race in the United States (1980–2019), with 2018 being the only year the race was not held. The race was held again in 2019, but then canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The race took place in the Central Oregon region and was based in Bend, Oregon. It was a regular fixture for most of North America's top cyclists and teams.
Owned and managed by the Cascade Cycling Classic Youth Foundation, former pro cyclist and two-time national road champion Bart Bowen was both the foundation's executive director and the classic's race director. Bowen won the CCC in 1993.
Past winners
Elite men
2019 : Travis McCabe (USA), Floyd's Pro Cycling
2018 : Race canceled
2017 : Robin Carpenter (USA), Holowesko Citadel Racing Team
2016 : Robin Carpenter (USA), Holowesko Citadel Racing Team
2015 : Dion Smith (NZL), Hincapie Racing Team
2014 : Serghei Țvetcov (ROU), Jelly Belly–Maxxis
2013 : Serghei Țvetcov (MDA), Jelly Belly–Kenda
2012 : Francisco Mancebo (ESP), Competitive Cyclist Racing Team
2011 : Francisco Mancebo (ESP), Realcyclist.com Cycling Team
2010 : Rory Sutherland (AUS), UnitedHealthcare–Maxxis
2009 : Óscar Sevilla (ESP), Rock Racing
2008 : Levi Leipheimer (USA), Astana
2007 : Phil Zajicek (USA), Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
2006 : Chris Wherry (USA), Toyota–United Pro Cycling Team
2005 : Scott Moninger (USA), HealthNet–Maxxis
2004 : Mike Creed (USA), U.S. Postal Service
2003 : Tom Danielson (USA), Saturn Cycling Team
2002 : Chris Wherry (USA), Mercury
2001 : Scott Moninger (USA), Mercury–Viatel
2000 : Scott Moninger (USA), Mercury–Viatel
1999 : Scott Moninger (USA), Mercury
1998 : Lance Armstrong (USA), U.S. Postal Service
1997 : Jonathan Vaughters (USA), Comptel
1996 : Marty Jemison (USA), Subaru–Montgomery
1995 : Michael Engleman (USA), Team Shaklee
1994 : Michael Engleman (USA), Coors Light–Serotta
1993 : Bart Bowen (USA), Subaru–Montgomery
1992 : Cezary Zamana (POL), Subaru–Montgomery
1991 : Greg Oravetz (USA), Coors Light
1990 : Mike Englemann (USA), Alpine
1989 : Mike Carter (USA), Wheaties–Schwinn
1988 : Todd Gogulski (USA)
1987 : Brian Walton (USA)
1986 : Alan McCormack (cyclist) (USA)
1985 : David Zimbelman (USA)
1984 : Dale Stetina (USA)
1983 : Dale Stetina (USA)
1982 : Alexi Grewal (USA)
1981 : Mark Cahn (USA)
1980 : Ron Hayman (CAN)
Elite women
2019 : Emma Grant (GBR), Sho-Air Twenty20
2018 : Race canceled
2017 : Allie Dragoo (USA), Sho-Air Twenty20
2016 : Tara Whitten (CAN), The Cyclery–Opus
2015 : Andrea Dvorak (USA), Twenty16 p/b Sho-Air
2014 : Lauren Stephens (USA), Team TIBCO–To The Top
2013 : Kristin McGrath (USA), Exergy Twenty16
2012 : Alison Powers (USA), Now & Novartis for MS
2011 : Janel Holcomb (USA), Colavita/Forno d'Asolo
2010 : Mara Abbott (USA), Peanut Butter & Co./Twenty12
2009 : Evelyn Stevens (USA).
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